UAB News |
Significant increase in transplants in 2017 helps fuel national record
UAB News Surgeons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham performed 462 total transplants in 2017 — up from 398 in 2016 (a 16.1 percent increase) — helping to fuel a national record of more than 10,000 deceased–donor transplants performed for the first … |
UAB News |
Significant increase in transplants in 2017 helps fuel national record
UAB News Surgeons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham performed 462 total transplants in 2017 — up from 398 in 2016 (a 16.1 percent increase) — helping to fuel a national record of more than 10,000 deceased–donor transplants performed for the first … |
Daily Mail |
‘We can’t imagine our lives without him’: Grandfather’s family launches a Facebook campaign to find him a new KIDNEY …
Daily Mail The appeal reads: ‘SEARCHING FOR A KIDNEY DONOR. PLEASE HELP! Dan is a loving family man in desperate need of a kidney. He’s on the waiting list for a deceased donor but the wait time is 5-10 years. ‘Unfortunately, he can’t wait that long. His kidney … |
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Young age, high MELD increases waitlist mortality in pediatric biliary atresia cases
Healio “Our data support the concept that living donor liver availability shortens the time to transplant of the BA patients and thereby, reduces the risk of mortality on the waiting list,” the researchers wrote. “We do realize, however, that a suitable … |
Historic number of lives saved in 2017 thanks to organ donationDanville AdvocateLast year was a groundbreaking year in national and local efforts to save lives through organ donation. In the Kentucky region, 2017 marked the second highest number of liv…
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A dad wore a T-shirt at Disney World that said ‘In need of kidney.’ It worked.
The Keene Sentinel The idea for the T-shirt was a Hail Mary, a play Rob Leibowitz made out of deep desperation. Leibowitz, 60, had been enduring dialysis for years while his kidneys failed. He was grateful the treatments were keeping him alive, but they were four hours … |
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Service BC and BC Transplant invite British Columbians to #LiveLifePassItOn through organ transplant program
Osoyoos Times Since 2015, 60,000 British Columbians have registered to give the gift of life, thanks to a valuable partnership between Service BC and BC Transplant. “Organ donations save lives. Our staff at Service BC play a vital role in helping people learn more … |
CTV News5 Chinese children get new ears grown from own cellsCTV NewsIn a world first, Chinese scientists have given five children new ears that were grown in a lab from their own cells. Each of the children, aged six to 10, had one ear affected by micr…
Atlanta Journal Constitution |
A man was in need of a kidney
Atlanta Journal Constitution The search for a donor was complicated by his blood type, O Positive, which makes him a universal donor, but only able to receive a kidney from a person with his blood type. Leibowitz’s children could not donate to him for medical reasons. He was on … |
The Hindu |
Live organ donation norms get nod – KERALA – The Hindu
The Hindu The government has decided to set up online registries for altruistic organ donors as well as patients with end-stage organ failure diseases (primarily liver and kidney diseases) and expand the pool of live donors by encouraging “swap donations” and … B.C. Transplant attributes ‘cultural shift’ for increase in donations …CBC.ca Minister highlights efforts to register organ donation decisionsNanaimo News Bulletin |